Al's backyard chooks update

Time to change the bed linen, particularly important during the summer months. Also included is a little walk-through.

We only have two old girls left and both are 10 plus - Misty (Wyandotte) and Speckles (Pekin). I use kitty litter boxes and for each empty out most of the hay and with reading glasses on scan for mites - the buggers are tiny.

Al's 8" band saw - what's that noise ???

This is my 8" band saw that I made in 2017.

Al's Workshop - Batman light revisited

Houston...we have a problem.
Finishing off some details and when I turned on the lights most of the Blue was missing - bugger!

Tested again this morning to confirm and the RGB LED strip is indeed faulty, the controller itself is OK.
What happened ???...I don't know but it's fortunate I ordered two sets of lights. I'll have a look to see if I can repair the faulty strip at a later date.

Speckles and Misty enjoying cool change

Speckles and Misty camped in the chook run enjoying the cool change. Interesting that thunder and lightning don't bother them all that much, the dogs are on our laps :-)

Hot Wheels LED light sign - part 1

This is my first customer order for one of these so here prepping in Word 2019 to print a double A4 landscape cutting template. Lighting this one up will be tricky cos ain't much room between the letters.

Rough Collie on stand - part 7

After working out how to mount the IR receiver we can go ahead and complete the lighting.

Sorting out the wiring in conjunction with the physical layout.

Rough Collie on stand – part 6C

We need to mount the IR receiver board (PCB) so that the actual IR photo diode is visible from the front through a 'window' which needs to look neat and tidy.

Went for a walk around the workshop looking for things that might be suitable as a window, lens, cover or bezel to hide the actual infra-red photo diode.